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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JEWISH FOOD SOCIETY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,074,149
Total expenses
$4,951,830
Contributions and grants received
$5,002,041
Grants paid
$3,304,550
Program service revenue
$70,867
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,241
Total assets, end of year
$157,726
Total liabilities, end of year
$230
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$157,496
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,431,192
Management and general expenses
$387,701
Fundraising expenses
$132,937
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,431,192

Program services were 89.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,002,041

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE INCOME

    total $70,867 · related or exempt $70,867

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,241 · related or exempt $1,241

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,241

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $3,304,550 · program services $3,304,550

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $314,766 · program services $203,489 · management and general $94,993 · fundraising $16,284

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $397,620 · program services $257,052 · management and general $119,998 · fundraising $20,570

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $61,818 · program services $39,964 · management and general $18,656 · fundraising $3,198

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $73,462 · program services $47,492 · management and general $22,170 · fundraising $3,800

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $618 · management and general $618

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,795 · management and general $11,795

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $148,829 · program services $148,829

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,824 · management and general $33,824

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $58,800 · management and general $58,800

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,740 · management and general $13,740

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,946 · management and general $6,946

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSE

    total $429,816 · program services $429,816

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXP.

    total $89,085 · fundraising $89,085

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $6,161 · management and general $6,161

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $36,648 · end of year $157,726

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $71,682 · end of year $230

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$35,034 · end of year $157,496

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

JEWISH FOOD SOCIETY IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS TO PRESERVE, CELEBRATE, AND REVITALIZE JEWISH CULINARY HERITAGE FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A DEEPER CONNECTION TO JEWISH LIFE AND IDENTITY. WE SHOWCASE THE DIVERSITY OF THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE AND INSTILL PRIDE.

  • AT THE HEART OF THE JEWISH FOOD SOCIETY IS A DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF JEWISH RECIPES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. WE CONTINUE TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE RECIPES AND THE FAMILY STORIES BEHIND THEM. HUNDREDS OF RECIPES WERE COLLECTED, CAREFULLY TESTED AND SHARED IN THE PAST YEARS AND ADDED TO OUR GROWING ARCHIVE. WE BRING THE ARCHIVE TO LIFE THROUGH POP-UP DINNERS, COOKING CLASSES, DINNERS AND ONE OF A KIND EVENTS LIKE OUR FLAGSHIP STORYTELLING AND TASTING EVENT SCHMALTZY, WHERE YOU HEAR THE TALES BEHIND THE RECIPES, THEN EAT THE FOOD THEY MADE YOU CRAVE. IN 2020, JEWISH FOOD SOCIETY LAUNCHED A PODCAST BY THE SAME NAME, SCHMALTZY, SHARING STORIES FROM LIVE EVENTS TOLD BY CHEFS, COOKBOOK AUTHORS, WRITERS ENTREPRENEURS AND PASSIONATE HOME COOKS.

    Expenses $4,431,192 · Grants $3,304,550 · Revenue $72,108

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Terry Kassel

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sara Bloom

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deborah Hochberg

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adeena Sussman

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Solomonov

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Reisbaum

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shari Aronson

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steven Boal

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Naama Shefi

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $196,316
    From this org
    $177,324
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,992
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,324
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,592
    Filer's total
    $196,316

  • Yael Raviv

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $118,450
    From this org
    $115,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,450
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403219349301500

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